Grant Shilling
Grant Shilling is the author of The Cedar Surf: An Informal History of Surfing in British Columbia, from New Star Books. He is also a community health worker for the Vancouver Island Health Authority.
Stories by Grant Shilling
The Trouble with Seawalls
In Tofino, surfers and property owners debate how best to manage the waves.
'A Rebel History of Rural Life'
That's the subtitle to a memoir about the 'trauma' and pleasures of farming on Salt Spring.
Fidel Don't Surf
But some Cubans do, so I brought a nine-foot gift.
Jane Rule Wrote of 'Jailable' Love
Pioneering lesbian voice was Galiano's lifeguard, too.
Surfers versus Suburb
As Coleman's land deal is probed, a wave of anger builds.
Working-Class Dignity
Ivan E. Coyote's novel 'Bow Grip' busts stereotypes with a cello-playing mechanic.
On the Edge of Eden
Frank Harper's 'Journeys' looks at what he found and lost beyond Tofino's Whiskey Dock.
Poetry as History
Maxine Gadd's 'Backup to Babylon' remembers B.C.'s bygone radicalism.
The Vanished Bears of Cumberland
Last fall, bruins invaded. Many were killed. This year none showed.
Ucluelet's Chairman of the Boards
In a logging town that also happens to be the surfing capital of B.C., Billy Leach has a dream. He wants to build better rides for the world.